Paso Robles - San Miguel

On July 15, 1984 at 06:45 PM, Paso Robles - San Miguel experienced a crash involving Travel Air 4000, operated by Troy E. Stimson, with the event recorded near San Miguel California.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Ground witnesses reported that this and another aircraft were engaged in a mock 'dogfight'; both aircraft were circling the accident area between 500- 800 feet agl and neither aircraft was negotiating any aerobatic maneuvers. The pilot stated that during a descending 30° right banking turn, the aircraft entered into a right spin. Control inputs, including 'aft stick pressure,' could not arrest the spin. The pilot had not received any spin/spin recovery instruction from a cfi in the aircraft. However, the pilot's father stated he had given the pilot spin/spin recovery instruction. The passenger was killed and the pilot was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8719, MSN 1003, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.7550°, -120.6932°.